People v. Wilson

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alfred Kleiman, J., at hearing; Nicholas Figueroa, J., at trial), rendered March 14, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first and second degrees and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 8 to 16 years and 5 to 10 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Promptly after being robbed aboard a well-lit subway train during early morning hours, the victim and a witness reported the crime to the transit police. Thereafter, they canvassed the area with the police and split into two groups.…